communal

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French communal, from Latin commūnālis.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈmjuː.nəl/, /ˈkɒ.mjə.nəl/

• Audio (UK)

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəˈmju.nəl/

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AdjectiveEdit

communal (comparative more communal, superlative most communal)

1. Pertaining to a community.
2. Shared by a community; public.

TranslationsEdit

pertaining to a community

• Bulgarian: комунален (bg) (komunalen), колективен (bg) (kolektiven)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社區的 (zh), 社区的 (zh) (shèqū de)

• Finnish: yhteisöllinen (fi)
• French: communautaire (fr)
• Hebrew: קהילתי‏‎ m (qehilaty), קהילתית‏‎ f (qehilatyt)
• Irish: pobalda, pobail
• Latin: commūnālis

• Portuguese: comunitário (pt)
• Romanian: comunitar (ro) m, n
• Russian: общи́нный (ru) (obščínnyj), коммуна́льный (ru) (kommunálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: komunalni (sh), zȁjedničkī (sh), općedruštveni (sh)

• Swedish: samhällelig
• Telugu: సామాజిక (te) (sāmājika)

shared by a community; public

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公共的 (zh) (gōnggòngde)

• Finnish: yhteinen (fi)
• French: commun (fr) m
• Irish: páirteach, pobail, comhchoiteann

• Manx: co-chadjin
• Portuguese: comum (pt), público (pt)
• Romanian: public (ro) m, n
• Russian: о́бщий (ru) (óbščij), обще́ственный (ru) (obščéstvennyj), коллекти́вный (ru) (kollektívnyj), коммуна́льный (ru) (kommunálʹnyj)
• Swedish: allmän (sv), gemensam (sv)

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (FR)

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• IPA^(key): /kɔmyˈnal/

AdjectiveEdit

communal (feminine singular communale, masculine plural communaux, feminine plural communales)

1. of or relating to a commune

Related termsEdit

• commun
• commune
• communauté
• communautaire

Further readingEdit

• “communal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).